The voice of Nigeria far from home
24 February 2019 |
5:30 am
Interest in Nigeria’s elections stretch from Kano in the north to Cape Town in the south; Statistics South Africa estimates that over 300 000 Nigerians live in SA. Many of them are watching today’s elections hoping for change.
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